CVE-2016-5995

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

Publication date:

01/10/2016

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in IBM DB2 9.7 through FP11, 10.1 through FP5, 10.5 before FP8, and 11.1 GA on Linux, AIX, and HP-UX allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse library that is accessed by a setuid or setgid program.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.30 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.30

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

6.90

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7::::advanced_enterprise:::
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7::::advanced_workgroup:::
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7::::enterprise:::
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7::::express:::
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7::::workgroup:::
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7.0.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7.0.1::::advanced_enterprise:::
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7.0.1::::advanced_workgroup:::
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7.0.1::::enterprise:::
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7.0.1::::express:::
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7.0.1::::workgroup:::
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7.0.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7.0.2::::advanced_enterprise:::
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7.0.2::::advanced_workgroup:::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7::::advanced_enterprise:::
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7::::advanced_workgroup:::
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7::::enterprise:::
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7::::express:::
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7::::workgroup:::
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7.0.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7.0.1::::advanced_enterprise:::
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7.0.1::::advanced_workgroup:::
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7.0.1::::enterprise:::
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7.0.1::::express:::
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7.0.1::::workgroup:::
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7.0.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7.0.2::::advanced_enterprise:::
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7.0.2::::advanced_workgroup:::

CVE-2016-5995

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools